Sunday, September 1, 2013

Comprehension Strategies - Pretelling and Retelling

Here's an idea from:
Assessing Comprehension: Creative, Engaging and Meaningful Activities for Kindergartners
Presented by Trish Saccomano at SDE (Staff Development for Educators) National I Teach K conference, July 11th - 14th, Las Vegas, Nevada

It's difficult to assess a non or beginning reader's comprehension skills, but it can be done through pretelling and retelling stories.  To retell a story successfully, a child must be able to think in a sequential manner.  So before children begin retelling a story, have them think backwards in order to recall events in sequential order.  Then students are ready to think forward in order to put the steps in the proper order. After practicing this skill, students are ready to begin retelling stories.  More about that later!

Use simple classroom routines, games or projects with your students to practice these pretelling skills.

 
Storytelling Cards Small Station
People, Places and Things
 
Storytelling cards are a set of cards that include people, places and things.  Have students pick one of each color card - blue are the people cards, green are the places cards and red are the things cards - and use the what's on the card to create a story.  The storyteller MUST include all three cards in their story.
Small Stations are independent learning stations designed for one or two students. They require limited teacher/student directions and take up very little space.  perfect for early finishers and ideal for differentiating instruction.  All small stations are just $5.50 each.  To order go to www.kteducation.com and click on products.

 

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